Confidentiality policy: examples

Primary school

Woodside Primary School in Shropshire has a confidentiality policy outlining the school's guidelines, which include:

• Keeping all safeguarding, medical and personal information about a pupil safely and securely
• Dealing with matters confidentially within the school

Secondary school

Huntington School in York sets out the following in its confidentiality policy:

• The legislation underpinning it
• How the policy is applied
• When full confidentiality may not be possible and the circumstances when confidentiality must be broken
• Classroom and 1-to-1 disclosures, and disclosures to health professionals
• Guidance for teaching staff and external visitors
• Sharing information with parents and carers

There's also a staff information sharing flowchart in appendix 1. 

Special school

In its confidentiality policy, Epinay Business and Enterprise School in Tyne and Wear includes: 

• All staff being aware of some confidential information in order to support pupils
• Not discussing educational and behaviour issues outside of the classroom
• Staff not pressuring pupils to disclose personal information